Improvement in neck-tie supporters



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE J. A. ESHLEMAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN NECK-TIE SUPPORTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N0. 57,694, dated September 4, 1866.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, J. A. ESHLEMAN, o Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented an Improvement in Holders for Scarfs,`&c.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

My invention relates to an improvement in `the holder for neck-ties, 85e., for which Lety ters Patent of the United States were granted to me on the 15th day of November, 1864; and my invention consists of a holder constructed and arranged for the reception ofthe scarf, substantially as described hereinafter, so that the said scarf may be folded or tied in such a manner as to form what is known as the sailor-s knot.77

In order to enable others to make and use my invention, I will now proceed to describe the manner ot' constructing and using the same.

On reference to the accompanying drawing, which forms a part ot this speciiication, Fignre 1 is a front View of my improved scarfholder; Fig. 2, a view showing a scarf applied to the holder, and Fig. 3 a rear view of Fig. 2.

The holder consists of a plate, A, from the opposite edges of which project the curved arms b bf, and at the under side of each arm is a projection, c, the whole being constructed and arranged as shown in Fig. l.

To the lower edge of the plate A are secured the opposite ends of a spring, d, by means of which the holder is secured. in front of a shirt-collar, as in my patented holder above alluded to. Y,

When a scarf, O, has to be secured to the holder it is placed diagonally across the face of the latter, so that one end, w, shall hang downward, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The opposite end of the scarf is then folded over the armb, then beneath the same, then across the plate A, and over the end or, then beneath the arm b', then over the upperv edge of the latter, and then downward between the holder and the transverse portion of the scarf.

Owing to the peculiar form of the holder, the knot or tie thus formed is similar to what is commonly known as the sailors knot.

Ties or knots of this character have heretofore been made by permanently securing the 'materiah properly folded, to a pasteboard holder. When so constructed, however, the scarf cannot be untied or detached from the holder when it is desired to remove the dust which always collects in the folds of the fabric, neither can the size of the knot be altered, nor can ties of different patterns be readily applied to the same holder.

By the use of the abovedescribed holder the scarf may be applied in such a manner as to form a knot of larger or smaller size. But one holder is required for any number of scarfs, and the latter may be quickly removed when it is necessary to cleanse them, and as quickly replaced.

Although the projections c c are not absolntely necessary, I'prefer to use the same, as they preventthe transverse portion of the scart' from slipping down and exposing the portions folded over the upper edge ot' the holder.

I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, as an improvement on the holder for which I obtained Letters Patent November I5, 1864.-

The holder composed of the plate A and arms b and b', the whole being constructed and arranged for the reception of a scarf, substantially as and for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

J. ALBERT ESHLEMAN.

Witnesses GHARLEs E. FOSTER, JOHN WHITE. 

